A few ropey 'record' shots showing a few of the 6 Black Terns that were present on 'T'-junction pit at the Baston and Langtoft gravel pit complex, 2 juveniles and 4 adults. These birds were forced down by the rain (hence the grainy/gloomy shots), but as soon as the rain lifted, so did the birds. These birds represent the first 'multi' sighting of this species by yours truly and the first in the PBC recording area this year.
Hopefully you will see in the photos the birds' different plumage, showing what is left of the black plumage on the adult birds and the 'cleaner' appearance of the juvenile birds.
WOW What a sighting
ReplyDeleteThanks Margaret! A great sighting, what would have made it better was to have seen the birds in their breeding finery!
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Nice to see these in such numbers. T-Junction Pits? What romantic sounding names we conjure up nowadays!
ReplyDeleteNot very romantic John, just a gravel pit next to a T-junction on a road.
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I absolutely love Terns. They look so sleek in flight!
ReplyDeleteThey are great birds with amazing migration distances too!
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